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> medical reports by WhatsApp At least it has end-to-end encryption. Apart from in-person (which is inconvenient) what's the alternative? Email? SMS? Post? P
by jenscow 9y ago
> medical reports by WhatsApp
At least it has end-to-end encryption.
Apart from in-person (which is inconvenient) what's the alternative? Email? SMS? Post?
Provided it's a "good news" follow-up, of course.
- psergeant 9y agoI’ve had a private hospital give me an online portal to receive results, with online registration requiring the jumping through of many hoops
- lightbyte 9y agoCleveland Clinic does this, and it's amazing. The first time I went in they gave me a little sheet of paper that had a code to sign up to their site with (myChart) and now I can get all of my test results, make appointments, and message my doctor all online.
- manyxcxi 9y agoI’ve got a few doctor’s offices/clinics that are in MyChart. It’s wildly convenient. The app and site are generally poorly designed, but work well enough that I’d rather have it than not.
- sincerely 9y agoThe Universal Health Network of hospitals in Ontario have recently started using an online portal as well - the interface is a little intuitive but it's so much better than the alternative
- ianhowson 9y agoOne alternative is to require patients to attend a followup visit to have the report read to them, inconveniencing the patient and wasting insurance/taxpayer dollars.